Shoe.



J. HESSLERQ SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31, 1907.

Patented sept. 29, 1908.

attiwmgo 629i hausses j JULIUs n'EssLER, or sHEBoYGAN, WISCONSIN.

sHoE.

Specification of'Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 29, 190s.

Application filed August 3 1, 21,907. Serial No. 390,977.

i To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULIUs HEssLER, a citizen of the United' States, residing at Sheboy? gan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Shoe, of which the following is a speciiication. v

This invention relates generally to shoes, and more particularly to that class that are waterproo in character whereby to adapt them for use by lumbermen, surveyors, vand other persons whose vocations require them to travel over wet, muddy or inarshy grounds.

The object of the present invention is to provide a shoe of this character havin a novel form of tongue for closing the spacegbetween the ies in such manner as positively to preclude the entrance of water to the shoe and also to provide a ready means for permitting the attachment of fastening devices such as are commonly employed in connection with boots of this character in lieu of ordinaryl lacing strings.

With the above and other ob'ec'ts` in view as will vappear as the nature of t e invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a shoe, as willV be hereinafter fully described and claimed. l

In the accompanying drawings forming a partl of this specification and in which like characters of reference indicate ycorresponding parts,-Figure1 is a view in perspective of a shoe constructed in accordance With the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional detail View through the shoe" upper, showing the flies' secured together.

he shoe may be of the usual or anyV preferred construction, and is rovided with an upper 1 of any 'desired ength, which is o ened along one side' tothe vamp 2, forming t ereby two flies Sand 4. To these flies are secured the tongue 5 whichmay be of the i vsame character of material as the, shoe or upper, 'or any other character, and will be of 1 such widthas to permit the ready putting on lines of stitches 6 which will o erate to ld these parts closel assemble so that the attachment of hoo s 7 may be easily ac complished. These hooks may be of any preferred construction, and assembled with the tongue and -fly by headed rivets 8. The tongue is secured to the ily 3 by a single row of stitches 9, thus leaving that portion of the ily from the rear of stitches outward to its edge, free to be turned back, the object of this arrangement being to allowthe eyes 10 to be readily secured in .position and also to permit the renewal of the hooks and to enable a retail shoe dealer, who may keep the shoes in stock, to set the eyes nearer tothe Vedgeof the fly or further back according to whether the' wearer has thick or thin legs. By securing the ton ue in the manner detongue is secured along the edge of the ily by scribed, when the hoo s are in ,engagement with the eyes, asI shown in Fig. 2, a neat and finished appearance of the article is secured inasmuch as all of the fastening elements are hidden from view.

The improvements herein defined are simple in character, will be found thoroughly "efficient for the pur oses designed and wi co crate in the pro uction of highly durable an advantageous form of shoe.

What is claimed is A shoe having its ilies connected by a tongue I having one edge secured to the inner side of one of the flies and its other edge secured to the inner side of the other ily at a distance 'lol from the edge thereof to provide a flap that may be turned back,hooksl secured 4to the inner vface of the first-named edge portion of the ton ue, and eyes secured to the exterior of the ap, whereby when the flies are secured together, the fastening means will be invisible.

' y own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the lpresence of two witnesses.

Y JULIUS HESSLER.

, Witnesses:v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 

